Left lobe living related liver transplantation in the absence of an extrahepatic left portal vein

Transplantation. 2002 Jul 27;74(2):278-9. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200207270-00020.

Abstract

Absence of a normal left extrahepatic portal vein is considered to be a contraindication to left lobe living-related liver transplantation. This report is of a successful case of living- related liver transplantation using a left lobe procured in a patient presenting with an absent horizontal segment of the left extrahepatic vein.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Male
  • Portal Vein / abnormalities*